The bar graph represents the percentage of five different age categories of women who deliver their first baby in 1966, 1986 and 2006.
Overall, it is evident from the graph that females categorized in the age bracket under 19 and 19-24 has shown a downward trend from 1966 towards 2006. On contrast to this, percentage of women showed an upward trend for 30-34 and 34-49 age brackets from 1966 to 2006.
61% of the 19-to-24 year’s olds deliver their first child in 1966 with the highest percentage among all age brackets. This percentage gradually declined to 38% in 1986 and then fell to 29% in 2006. 25-30 age groups, reaching its peak in 1986 at 50% and below 40% in 1966 and 2006.
For less than 19 years of age category, the proportion of 34% in 1966 sharply declined to 20% and 11% in 1986 and 2006 respectively. The pattern followed by age group 34 to 39 showed significant rise from 8% in 1966 to 14% in 1986, reaching its maximum limit at 30% in 2006. Moreover, the female age group over 40 varied between 2% and 4% in three years being the lowest of age giving who birth to their first child.
